Prelude
The moon shone overhead in the dark forest near a small village. Three figures glowed with an unearthly beauty unaware of the human presences within the dense foliage all around. The first figure spoke quietly, as if in a emotion induced trance.
"Kagome." He snarled. "Don't!" He commanded; his tone filled with an authority that no other possessed over her. "You cannot leave me! You are my shard detector!" He shouted as he took a step towards her. His clawed fingers held out in a dangerous way.
The third figure jumped in at this. He had long black hair tied up in a ponytail and had fine features. "Inu-kuro! Do not touch my woman with your filthy hands! You do not deserve her now or ever!"
The one called Inuyasha growled in anger at this and leapt to challenge this intruder. Youkai emotions filled the air as they stood in a stalemate; eyes locked on one another's.
"Stop! Inuyasha, you have lost your chances. Be gone!"
He stepped down at the command but watched the other two carefully, weighing his decisions.
Kagome was trying to feel what Inuyasha was feeling, anger or happiness, betrayal or riddance? What couldn't he had made it easy on her as he confused her everyday and played with her heart until he held no place in it, or so she thought. Her emotion façade was complete. Her eyes shined with sadness and her scent betrayed her lies, but neither male paid attention enough to smell the scent wafting around her. She sensed the gaps and quickly replaced them with a hard and angry mask, intended to fool all of those around her but the guilt racked the hidden emotion inside of her.
Thoughts buzzed through her head like stinging wasps, telling her mind to throw away all of the memories that she held dear of her journeys with Inuyasha and replace them with the betrayed sting of scenes of Inuyasha and the dead miko, Kikyo, together as lovers once again. Denial flowed into anger and betrayal.
'How could he do this to me?! He has lost everything that I have given: my love, heart, and his ever precious jewel. He still has Kikyo; let them rot in hell together. I do not care!' She thought with a convincing tone.
She clutched the necklace around her neck, anchoring her to the present moment. Walking to the wolf youkai, Kouga, she placed her hand upon his muscular shoulder. "Kouga," She whispered quietly, but both sensitive males turned to her; their attention was complete. "I wish for you to take me home."
Kouga looked confused at this, and it took him a moment to answer, "You are leaving me? But I love you Kagome!"
She shook her head gently before speaking, "No, I wish for you to take me to your den." Pausing, she breathed deeply and kept in a sigh. "Our den, Kouga."
He looked overjoyed at this and grabbed both of her hands, locking them within his strong grasp. Inuyasha growled ferociously and held the hilt of his sword within quick reach, but neither of the other two took notice. Instead, Kouga searched Kagome's eyes, asking permission in a silent look. She nodded gently before Kouga leaned down, pausing before her soft lips.
In the background, Inuyasha dropped his sword in surprise and watched closely; his precious shard detector in close proximity to his mangy rival.
Kouga finally gained the courage and closed the gap between his and Kagome's lips, locking in a simple first kiss; a preclude to a future life together. It lasted only a few moments, but to the three present, fates were sealed, and promises made.
Kouga backed away to give Inuyasha a dazzling smile of victory, "Nice try Inu-kuro. She's mine now, and stay away from her!" He turned back to Kagome and placed his arm around her slim waist before capturing her lips in a deep kiss full of the longing and love that Kouga possessed. It was enough to leave Kagome dizzy; her senses fell into disarray.
Kouga picked her up as her hand clenched tightly onto the completed jewel tied around her graceful neck.
Her thoughts gave into the grief as she thought her last goodbye to Inuyasha, 'If only Inuyasha cared, if only he wanted me, I would have never left him. I would have become his mate. No! I cannot dream of it anymore! I love Kouga as he does me! Goodbye Inuyasha.." She almost dared to think the last part, but cut her disloyal daydreams off before the words, 'My first love,' crossed her thoughts.
Kouga scooped her up gently in his arms, cradling her against his chest. His legs, even without the jewel shards, took off in a lightning fast sprint that Inuyasha could not compare with.
As you can see my writing style has changed a lot. Thanks for those who are reading this and please review! This chapter is dedicated Katzztar for dealing with me and still reading my fan fic! I hope you're reading this cause I finally remembered to do it to give a shout out to ya
Yokan Ookami